Mount Vernon Bookshop DVD's, CD's and Videos Gifts & Reproductions Furniture & Home Décor Children's Corner In the Garden Christmas at Mount Vernon Gourmet Gifts New! New! New! Sale! Sale! Sale! Teaching Resources Membership Donate Home   Mount Vernon Book Shop / African American History – Slave Life Slavery at the Home of George Washington Edited by Philip J. Schwarz. ISBN 0-931917. Copyright 2001. Softcover with 182 pages including 53 black and white illustrations.   Washington inherited his first slave at age 11, and he was the only founding father to free his slaves in his will. This highly-readable selection of articles focuses on Washington's changing attitudes toward the institution of slavery, and his everyday relationships with the slaves who shared his Mount Vernon estate. Published by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Item #: 6714 Price: $9.95 Sale Price: $6.99 Qty: Archaeology & Slave Life at Mount Vernon George Washington and the Virginia Backcountry George Washington, Pioneer Farmer

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